[116900] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ted Fischer)
Wed Aug 26 11:53:09 2009
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:50:03 -0400
From: Ted Fischer <ted@fred.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4A954CA1.6010402@telcodata.us>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Paul Timmins wrote:
> Fred Baker wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Luke Marrott wrote:
>>
>>> What are your thoughts on what the definition of Broadband should be
>>> going
>>> forward? I would assume this will be the standard definition for a
>>> number of
>>> years to come.
>>
>>
>> Historically, narrowband was circuit switched (ISDN etc) and broadband
>> was packet switched. Narrowband was therefore tied to the digital
>> signaling hierarchy and was in some way a multiple of 64 KBPS. As the
>> term was used then, broadband delivery options of course included
>> virtual circuits bearing packets, like Frame Relay and ATM.
> of or relating to or being a communications network in which the
> bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as
> for voice or data or video)
>
> That's my humble opinion. Let them use a new term, like "High Speed
> Internet".
>
>
Seconded
